History Blog

April 3

Happy Birthday RIP Leslie Howard Steiner(1893–1943) Marlon Brando Jr(1924–2004) ; Doris Kappelhoff(“Doris Day”)–96 Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall–84 Marsha Mason–76 Carson Wayne Newton–76 Michael Orlando Cassavitis(“Tony Orlando”)–74 Alexander “Alec” Baldwin III–60 David Hyde Pierce–59 Edward “Eddie” Murphy–57 Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn–49 Jamie Bamber Griffith–45 ; 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins ; 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech